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NintendoPie on 19 October 2023
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Machiavellian said:
aTokenYeti said:

For anyone who does not follow PC hardware, Nvidia currently has a multi generational advantage over AMD when it comes to ray tracing performance and image reconstruction.

The idea that the switch 2 will have better RT performance than the PS5 and Series X is not at all implausible to me. AMD is just that far behind

At what cost.  Time and again, Nintendo has shone no interest in chasing high performance hardware and thus saying that Nintendo will have a chipset that outperforms PS5 and Series X when both systems still cost a pretty penny is where I see the grain of salt.  From my understanding Nintendo rarely if ever sell their hardware at loss so just because their new system may have certain features that Nvidia cards have, we will need to see how well those features actually work within the chipset Nintendo is willing to pay for.

natedrake, nor i, have stated that the actual chipset will "outperform" the PS5 or XSX. rather, the usage of nvidia's innovations in DLSS and RR technology in nintendo's custom SOC will enable the NG switch to produce visuals that may look similar to the PS5. this has been said by multiple sources in the industry at this point. whether you want to believe them is your prerogative but, the possibility of nintendo not shooting for this because "that's just what nintendo does/did in the past" is not a real argument against it.

Jumpin said:
NintendoPie said:

natedrake is a verified insider source on famiboards, resetera, etc. this is why his info pretty much means "confirmed." still, i can change the title if that appeases people.

take it as you will but, just because you don't know of someone does not mean they aren't a real source.

Thanks for the info. I’ll give the podcast a listen.

BTW, I wasn’t trying to be critical of your post or the podcast, I was curious about what kind of podcast it was since I’m unfamiliar with it. Some podcasts and news sites are journalistic and have sources - confirmation is irrelevant because sources for sensitive information usually can’t be revealed. But most are infotainment, and will talk about/respond anything to fill a content quota and get clicks. I was wondering if you knew if this guy was category A or category B.

no offense taken at all! it's completely fair to question the authenticity of sources, i do the same. i decided to post this rumor here bc it just seems that a lot of what's happening in other forums surrounding rumors/leaks doesn't seem to make its way here now-a-days and i felt this was from a reputable enough source to carry it over.

the podcast is definitely interesting and covers multiple things other than what i made the thread about, so i'd recommend a listen.

Last edited by NintendoPie - on 19 October 2023